Processless direct write printing plate having heat sensitive positively-charged polymers and methods of imaging and printing
申请人:Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC
公开号:EP0990517A2
公开(公告)日:2000-04-05
An imaging member, such as a negative-working printing plate, can be prepared using a hydrophilic imaging layer comprised of a heat-sensitive hydrophilic polymer having a positively charged moiety, and optionally a photothermal conversion material. The heat-sensitive polymer has recurring units containing an N-alkylated aromatic heterocyclic group or an organoonium group that reacts to provide increased oleophilicity in areas exposed to energy that provides or generates heat. For example, heat can be supplied by laser irradiation in the IR region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Thus, the heat-sensitive polymer is considered "switchable" in response to heat, and provides an imaging means without wet processing.
可以使用亲水成像层制备成像部件,如底片工作印版,该成像层由具有正电荷分子的热敏亲水聚合物和光热转换材料组成。热敏聚合物具有含有 N-烷基芳香杂环基团或有机鎓基团的重复单元,在暴露于提供或产生热量的能量区域时,这些单元会发生反应,从而增加亲油性。例如,可通过电磁波谱红外区域的激光照射提供热量。因此,热敏聚合物被认为是对热做出反应的 "可切换 "聚合物,并提供了一种无需湿处理的成像手段。